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the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection ,
    Church, just as we died with Christ, we are raised with Christ. His resurrection has removed the sting of death. But do you know that Jesus was also raised for your justification? (Romans 4:25) For if Christ was not raised from the dead, then you don’t have forgiveness of sins. The Apostle Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:17, “ And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!” But the fact that He was raised to life means that you have forgiveness of all sins. (Colossians 2:13)
    There are many Christians who are not living in victory today because they don’t know that Jesus’ resurrection not only removed the sting of death, but it also justified them. So they are still sin-conscious and afraid to draw near to God. The more we realise that we are forgiven and that there is no condemnation should we sin, the more we will have the strength to “ go and sin no more” (John 8:11), the more we will have boldness to draw near to God and live in victory! Hebrews 10:19–22 reminds us:
19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and having a High Priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water .
    A New And Living Way
    In the old covenant, under law, people could not draw near to God because they were sinners and God is perfect. In Exodus 19:21–22, God said to Moses on Mount Sinai:
21 … “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to gaze at the Lord, and many of them perish. 22 Also let the priests who come near the Lord consecrate themselves, lest the Lord break out against them.”
    Here, we see that the people could not come near and worship God. Why? Because they were sinners and God is holy. God is perfect and they were imperfect. In other words, God was telling them, “Don’t come near Me or My glory will destroy you.” So under law, the more they came to God, the higher their chances of perishing!
    However, today, we are no longer under law. The new covenant reveals to us that we are under grace. The blood of Jesus covers us and our sins have been forgiven. Hebrews 10:19–20 says:
19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us…
    So we see that under grace, we can have boldness to come into God’s presence by the blood of Jesus — and we will not perish! In fact, it is “ a new and living way”!
    Worshipping Jesus Brings Wholeness
    The more we come into God’s presence, having been consecrated by the blood of Jesus (Hebrews 10:20), the more we live. Thank God we now live under grace! Hebrews 10:20 calls it “ a new and living way” . Why is it called a “living way”? Doesn’t God know that everyone whose heart is beating is alive and living? Of course He knows, but a “living way” here means that the more you come to God, the more every part of you — spirit, soul and body — will live.
    The Bible says that under law, those with marks or defects — those who were crippled, hunch-backed and diseased — could not come near and worship God. But under grace, all those with marks or defects could come to Jesus. They worshipped Him and He made them well, He made them whole. Under grace, they found a new and living way!
    I love the passages in the gospels (Matthew 15:30–31, Luke 4:40) where it says that the multitude brought all those who were lame, blind, dumb and maimed (“maimed” implies missing body parts!) to Jesus. I can just see them queuing up to seek healing from Jesus and being made whole! We all